The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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Page 512
... lives , eat scarcely enough to keep body and soul together , have to worry over water . They do not work much , it is true , and political economists might say that they live the lives they deserve . But they have no incentive to work ...
... lives , eat scarcely enough to keep body and soul together , have to worry over water . They do not work much , it is true , and political economists might say that they live the lives they deserve . But they have no incentive to work ...
Page 528
... live long . There are numerous long - tailed monkeys and others with long noses . The Outpost of Empire HONG KONG The Eastern outpost of the British Empire , ten thousand miles away from London , is one of a small cluster of islands off ...
... live long . There are numerous long - tailed monkeys and others with long noses . The Outpost of Empire HONG KONG The Eastern outpost of the British Empire , ten thousand miles away from London , is one of a small cluster of islands off ...
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... live in the State as live in Palestine , and there are as many Italians as in Rome itself . Germans numbered 295,650 , Irish 284,747 , English 135,305 . ( The ratio is elo- quent ! ) In Cleveland the foreign - born element of the popu ...
... live in the State as live in Palestine , and there are as many Italians as in Rome itself . Germans numbered 295,650 , Irish 284,747 , English 135,305 . ( The ratio is elo- quent ! ) In Cleveland the foreign - born element of the popu ...
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INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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